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Bissextile meaning

Having an intercalary day, particularly the quadrennial leap day of the Julian and Gregorian calendars traditionally placed as a "second sixth" day before March 1st.

Using Bissextile

  • The main meaning on this page is: Having an intercalary day, particularly the quadrennial leap day of the Julian and Gregorian calendars traditionally placed as a "second sixth" day before March 1st.
  • In the example corpus, bissextile often appears in combinations such as: bissextile day, the bissextile.

Context around Bissextile

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 5 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

bissextum 1× julian 1× hour 1×

Often after:

day 7× bis 1× year 1×

Sentence patterns with Bissextile

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

48 hour bissextile day by 1× a julian bissextile day 1× after the bissextile day 1× as the bissextile 1× in a bissextile year immediately 1× intercalated or bissextile day since 1× of the bissextile day in 1× that the bissextile day eventually 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

all later writers 1× although there were 1× hence the year 1× mart so if 1× mart was the 1× the 19th century 1×

Common sentence endings:

3rd century ad 1× as the bissextile 1× d vi kal 1× days of february 1× early julian calendar 1× for most purposes 1×

Words around Bissextile

Just before it in the word index:

bissett 9 bisset 6 bissessar 14 bissen 17 bissell 46 bissel 2

Just after it in the word index:

bissextum 2 bissinger 3 bisson 14 bissonette 4 bissonnet 4 bissonnette 32

Similar in corpus frequency:

aanholt 13 aardwolf 13 abati 13 abbeville 13 abcc 13 abcon 13

Corpus analysis for Bissextile

  • In this selection, "bissextile" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, bissextum, julian, hour, day, bis and year stand out and add context to how "bissextile" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 48 hour bissextile day by and a julian bissextile day. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "bissextile" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with bissextile

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Mart. was the day after the bissextile day. (8 words)

Hence, the year containing the doubled day was a bissextile (bis sextum, "twice sixth") year. (15 words)

There is debate about the exact position of the bissextile day in the early Julian calendar. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

The 19th century chronologist Ideler argued that Celsus used the term "posterior" in a technical fashion to refer to the earlier of the two days, which requires the inscription to refer to the whole 48-hour day as the bissextile. (40 words)

This may indicate that a single nundinal letter was assigned to both halves of the 48-hour bissextile day by this time, so that the Regifugium and the market day might fall on the same date but on different days. (40 words)

Mart., so if the days were numbered from the beginning of the month, it was named February 24 in common years, but the presence of the bissextum in a bissextile year immediately before a. d. VI Kal. (37 words)

Example sentences (10)

All later writers, including Macrobius about 430, Bede in 725, and other medieval computists (calculators of Easter), continued to state that the bissextum (bissextile day) occurred before the last five days of February.

Although there were exceptions, the first day of the bis sextum (February 24) was usually regarded as the intercalated or "bissextile" day since the 3rd century AD.

Hence, the year containing the doubled day was a bissextile (bis sextum, "twice sixth") year.

Mart., so if the days were numbered from the beginning of the month, it was named February 24 in common years, but the presence of the bissextum in a bissextile year immediately before a. d. VI Kal.

Mart. was the day after the bissextile day.

The 19th century chronologist Ideler argued that Celsus used the term "posterior" in a technical fashion to refer to the earlier of the two days, which requires the inscription to refer to the whole 48-hour day as the bissextile.

The Alexandrian calendar adapted the Egyptian calendar by adding a 6th epagomenal day as the last day of the year in every fourth year, falling on 29 August preceding a Julian bissextile day.

There is debate about the exact position of the bissextile day in the early Julian calendar.

There is no doubt that the bissextile day eventually became the earlier of the two days for most purposes.

This may indicate that a single nundinal letter was assigned to both halves of the 48-hour bissextile day by this time, so that the Regifugium and the market day might fall on the same date but on different days.

Common combinations with bissextile

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "bissextile" in a sentence?
An example: "All later writers, including Macrobius about 430, Bede in 725, and other medieval computists (calculators of Easter), continued to state that the bissextum (bissextile day) occurred before the last five days of February." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "bissextile" from authentic English texts.
What does "bissextile" mean?
Bissextile means: Having an intercalary day, particularly the quadrennial leap day of the Julian and Gregorian calendars traditionally placed as a "second sixth" day before March 1st.
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